Cross-line buckle.



G. W. TROOP.

CROSS LINEBUCKLE APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10. 1916.

Patented 001. 31,1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

GEORGE W. TROOP, OFNEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE NORTH & JUDD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEIV BRITAIN,..CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

CROSS-LINE BUCKLE.

Application filed January 10, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE W. Tnoor, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cross-Line Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cross line buckles, the object of the invention being'to provide an article of this character so constructed as to permit the adjustment of either the cross line or the handline or both and which has means for substantially maintaining both lines in their adjusted positions.

In the drawings accompanying andforming part of the present specification I have shown in detail two of the several forms of embodiment of the invention, which I will set forth fully in the following description. As may be inferred, I do not restrict myself to this disclosure; I may depart therefrom in several respects within the scope of the invention defined by the claim following said description.

Referring to said drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view of a cross line buckle involving the invention, showing parts of hand and cross lines connected therewith. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of said buckle. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same, the two lines being also in section.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views, Fig. 1 being on a smaller scale than the remaining views which are on practically the same scale.

In Fig. 1 the numeral 2 denotes a hand line and 3 a cross line and 4 the buckle. This buckle is shown in detail in Figs. 2 and 3. As shown the buckle 4 comprises substantially similar sides 5 and 6 and practically similar ends 7 and 8, the frame jointly presented by the two side bars and the two end bars being in top plan practically rectangular. I do not, as will be gathered, re-

strict myself to any particular shape offrame or body. The two side bars 5 and 6 are bowed or arched, the bow or arch in the present case being inward, the end bars 7 and 8 being united with the o'fi'standing terminals or ends of the side bars. Connecting the side bars are the cross bars 9 and 10 spaced from each other and from the end bars 7 and 8 respectively. The spaces between the respective cross bars 9 and 10 and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

Serial No. 71,244.

- the buckle, while the crossbars 7 and S are at the front of the buckle at the terminals thereof, being also virtually in the same plane, this depthwise separation of the two cross bars 9 and 10 and the two end bars 7 and 8 providing a space to receive the superimposed lines 2 and 3, the inner surface of the cross line 3 as shown fitting against the front surfaces-of the two cross bars 9 and 10, while the outer surface of the hand line fits against the inner surfaces of the end bars 7 and 8 when the lines are in driving relation as shown by full lines in Fig. 3.

It will be clear that the hand line or rein 2 extends entirely through the buckle. In some cases the cross line may extend entirely through the buckle and others only partly, this depending upon the particular adjustment of the cross line. Neither line is stitched to the buckle 4, so that as a consequence it can be freely adjusted when desired. The two crossbars are sufliciently wide to provide a proper bearing at the back of the buckle for the two lines. While they are separated this may not in all cases be necessary; they constitute suitable web means for uniting the side bars of the buckle and for also carrying means by which the two lines can be maintained substantially and firmly in their adjusted positions. To thus hold the lines I provide studs as 11 and 12 rigid with the respective crossbars 9 and 10 and extending forwardly therefrom, the studs being located approximately centrally of the respective crossbars. WVhile studs are highly advantageous for the purpose mentioned, it may not in all cases be necessary to rely upon rigid elements to hold the lines in their adjusted positions. As will be clear the ends of the studs are projectable through the customary perfora tions in the two lines.

In Fig. 3 the two studs 11 and 12 are shown as holding the lines 2 and 3 in previously made positions of adjustment, projecting through registering pairs of per-- forations or holes in the two lines, the studs extending forward beyond the lines and forward beyond the ends of the buckle frame which in the representation made are presented by the side bars 5 and 6 and end crossbars 7 and 8. As a consequence the two lines can be pulled back and forth by the horse and the driver without any possibility of the lines becoming accidentally separated from the buckle. To adjust the lines they will be bowed forward as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3 to carry them free of the studs at which time they can be moved endwise and brought to the requisite new relation at which point they are flattened down, so that the studs will be projected through pairs of coinciding holes in the two lines. It will be clear that either line may be adjusted in a ready, prompt and easy manner or that both of them may be.

It will be noticed that the buckle has side bars bent outwardly at their ends, end bars connecting the outwardly bent portions of the cross bars, spaced from each other and from the end bars, connecting said side bars between said end bars. The cross bars extend from the inner edges of the side bars,

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and they are provided with studs in alinement with each other longitudinally of the buckle, both studs extending outwardly beyond the outer surfaces of the end bars, as illustrated both in Figs. 1 and 3, by virtue of which fact it is practically impossible for the cross line to become accidentally detached from the buckle.

WVhat I claim is:

A cross line buckle having side bars bent outwardly at their ends, end bars connecting the outwardly bent'portions of the cross bars, spaced from each other and from the end bars, and connecting said side bars between said end bars, and studs on the respective cross bars in alineinent witheach other longitudinally of the buckle, both studs extending outwardly beyond the outer surfaces ofthe end bars.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE w. TROOP.

VVitnes'ses:

:L. L. MARKEL,

HEATH SUTHERLAND.

Washington, D. G. 

